Galesaurus

Galesaurus

Galesaurus Fossil range: Early Triassic (Induan)
Scientific classification
Class:	Synapsida
Order:	Therapsida
Suborder:	Cynodontia
(Unranked) :	Epicynodontia
Family:	Galesauridae
Genus:	Galesaurus
Species:	G. planiceps

Galesaurus was a prehistoric animal, classified as a dinosaur by Sir Richard Owen in 1859. Notably, Galesaurus was mentioned in the first issue of Nature in 1869, where T. H. Huxley expressed confidence that it would eventually be shown to be a dinosaur. However, current opinion is that it was not a dinosaur and belongs to a mammal-like group called Cynodonts.

See also

• List of synapsids

References

• Nature, first issue (online archive)
• Galesaurus at DinoData